Riverside
Zoning districts
10 districts, grouped by category.
Industrial
4Residential
4- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 10 ft
- Permitted uses
- 16
R-3 Zone
- Min lot
- 5,499 sq ft
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 10 ft
- Permitted uses
- 1
Very High-Density Residential Zone
- Front setback
- 1 ft
- Max density
- 5 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 1
Residential Agricultural Zone
- Min lot
- 217,800 sq ft (5 ac)
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 40 ft
- Max density
- 0.2 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 22
General provisions
559 rules that bind every district rather than one — sign regulations, parking, floodplain and the rest of the code’s citywide chapters.
The fueling system shall be limited to two tanks, with a maximum cumulative capacity of 12,000 gallons. The fueling system shall not exceed ten feet in height. Above-ground fuel tanks of 1,000 gallons or more shall be located a minimum distance of 300 feet from any residential structure or residentially zoned property.
A maximum of one room within the dwelling unit or 25 percent of the total square footage of the dwelling unit may be used for the home occupation. ... A maximum of one customer or client vehicle at any given time shall be allowed to visit the premises.
Mining/mineral extraction uses are permitted as forth in Article V, Base Zones and Related Use and Development Provisions subject to the provisions contained in the State Surface Mining and Reclamation Act of 1975 and the Public Resources Code.
The outdoor dining area shall be located in a designated dining area approved by the Community and Economic Director or his/her designee. All outdoor facilities shall be located so they do not pose a hazard or nuisance to pedestrians.
Display racks or other structures utilized to display live plants shall not exceed six feet in overall height. There shall be no more than a single one square foot price sign for each variety.
The lot shall be paved with not less than two and one-half inches of asphaltic concrete ... 200 feet of combined paving and landscaping, of which a minimum of ten feet shall consist of landscaping ... a decorative masonry wall of a minimum six feet in height ...
Outdoor storage shall be visually screened from all adjacent building sites and public streets and alleys by a minimum six-foot high solid decorative masonry wall ... All such areas shall have a landscaped area not less than ten feet in depth ...
The outdoor play area shall include a covered patio attached to the main building structure. The outdoor play area shall be enclosed with a decorative wall or fence. Substantial landscape screening shall be provided around the fence/wall.
Rented rooms are permitted in any single-family residence/dwelling ... for the occupancy of not more than two individuals per single-family residence/dwelling. ... a room rental permit agreement may be issued for occupancy by up to four individual renters if all the following conditions are met.
Repair ... shall be conducted in a completely enclosed garage or a rear yard area enclosed by six-foot-high fencing. ... Repairs ... shall be limited to one personal vehicle ... under repair at a time.
Ground-mounted stealth wireless telecommunications facilities shall be permitted up to a maximum height of 60 feet in the O, CR, CG, CRC, BMP, I and AIR Zones. ... All wireless telecommunication facilities not exempted ... shall comply with the following standards: Setbacks: Ground-mounted facilities shall be located outside of all required building setbacks of the underlying zone.
A residential development project that complies with the eligibility requirements of Section 19.545.040 shall be granted a density bonus as follows: ... up to a maximum of 50 percent ... 80 percent density bonus for 100% affordable ... parking ratios: zero to one bedroom: one parking space per unit; two to three bedrooms: one and one-half parking spaces per unit; four or more bedrooms: two and one-half parking spaces per unit.
Monitored electrified security fence systems shall be allowed as provided in this section, subject to the following requirements: ... maximum height of ten feet ... prohibited in all residential, mixed-use, and public facilities zoning districts.
Fences, walls, and hedges shall be allowed in conformance with the following provisions: ... In the RA-5, RC, RR and RE Zones, any fence or wall in the required front yard setback may be up to six feet in height ... In all other zones, front yard fences or walls shall not exceed four feet in height ... Fences and walls separating side and rear yards in the Single-Family Residential Zones may extend up to seven feet in height ...
Centralized trash/recyclable materials collection areas shall be provided for all development projects, with the exception of detached and attached single-family subdivisions and planned communities and any multi-family development containing three or fewer units. ... The collection area shall be enclosed on three sides by a minimum six-foot-tall decorative masonry wall.
All outdoor equipment, whether on a roof, side of a structure, or on the ground, shall be appropriately screened from public view. ... For rooftop equipment, the screening materials shall be at least as high as the equipment being screened. ... Ground-mounted utility equipment ... shall be located at the rear of the primary structure and away from public view if feasible. If not feasible, equipment shall be screened from view on all sides with solid masonry walls or similar permanent structures and/or mature landscaping, color blending to match surroundings, or artwork.
The provisions of Chapter 19.556 (Lighting) shall apply.
The following types of lighting are prohibited ... Dynamic lighting ... Luminaires exceeding 500,000 peak candelas or 50,000 lumens ... Aerial laser lighting ... Lighting within Lighting Zone 0 ... Sport facility lighting. ... The correlated color temperature of all outdoor lighting shall be 3,000 Kelvin or less ... Average illumination of a façade or edifice shall not exceed five footcandles (50 lux).
Structure height shall be measured as the vertical distance between the building pad elevation or finished grade and the highest point... Uninhabited architectural design features may exceed the specified height limit by a maximum of ten feet.
Incorporate compost at a rate of at least four cubic yards per 1,000 square feet to a depth of six inches. Turf shall not exceed 25 percent of the landscape area in residential areas. Automatic irrigation controllers are required and must use evapotranspiration or soil moisture sensor data.
Source documents
The chapters of the adopted code that were retrieved, read and extracted from. Everything above traces back to one of these.